I don't like Illinois, I just don't. Even Indiana was alright. Visiting Notre Dame and seeing beautiful farmhouses along the highway were welcoming, but Illinois had no such feel.
Driving through 24 states and even up into Canada, with each new state or province came a "Welcome" sign. Well, every one except Illinois - I guess they don't like travelers. I had been planking at each new state sign, so we definitely were looking for an Illinois sign, but none came, not going in, not even when we left (I scoured the landscape behind as we were leaving the state). Due to the fact that we didn't feel welcome, we didn't stay long.
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| The streets of Gotham |
One thing we had to get when we were in Chicago was an original deep-dish, Chicago-style pizza. So we went to Gino's! That place was cool: they let you 'decorate', aka graffiti, all over the benches and walls and such. I left my mark in a different way :) Tom ordered a deep-dish big enough for the both of us so I decided to get some chicken Alfredo over fettuccine. Well, the pasta came and it was the size of 3 servings from The Olive Garden. I downed it after a while, then went for some pizza. Needless to say, I wasn't feeling too well, having eaten so much, so I asked the waitress (who had worked there for over 3 years), "How many people are stupid enough to eat a full order of pasta then go for pizza?" She thought about it for a moment, then replied, "One." So I was either stupid or brave, but I was the first one she knew of to do it!
We had to hit up Wrigley Field, home of the Cubbies. It was a pretty cool tour; I liked the history of the park and how the tour guide tried to make it sound as if the Cubs were good.. He admitted that they've had a 'few' bad seasons recently (yeah like the last 90 years). My favorite part of the tour was when he was taking us to the most famous part of Wrigley: the visitor's locker room. I found that hilarious! Apparently every one comes to Wrigley to go to the visitor's lockers...
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| Sitting where many of the greats have |
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| The ivy |
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| The locker room no one cares about |
We were only a few blocks away from Lake Michigan so I ran over and watched the surf for a while.
Then we got out of Gotham as quickly as possible. So long Illinois!
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